Households without a car: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In Soulce-Cernay, 15% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 136 residents in 66 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 23%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Soulce-Cernay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soulce-Cernay, 27% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 50% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 27%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The share of empty homes tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.2%.
From 2012 to 2023, Soulce-Cernay outgrew 82% of compared French towns: +15%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soulce-Cernay 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.5, Soulce-Cernay is older than 53% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.7% of households are single parents in Soulce-Cernay
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Soulce-Cernay has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 38%. The share of couples with children trails just over three fifths of compared French towns: 23%.
A median standard of living of €31,040 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €31,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Soulce-Cernay: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6% of Soulce-Cernay’s residents
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (6%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Soulce-Cernay sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 27% in Soulce-Cernay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Soulce-Cernay has 29%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
21% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (136 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Soulce-Cernay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulce-Cernay | 44.5 | 15% | 27% | 6% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 5.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 7.9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 8 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 8.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 9.3 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Soulce-Cernay
What is the population of Soulce-Cernay?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (118).
How old are Soulce-Cernay’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soulce-Cernay?
27, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soulce-Cernay?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soulce-Cernay?
€31,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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